Traces of the past: UNN students take part in excavations in the centre of Nizhny Novgorod

Students of the UNN Institute of International Relations and World History (IIRWH) took part in protective and rescue archaeological excavations at a site on Maslyakov Street in the city’s central Nizhegorodsky district. These excavations were part of an ongoing project led by the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The students' participation in this project is a significant contribution to the field of archaeology and helps to promote the importance of preserving our cultural heritage.

Taking part in the field research were activists from the archaeological group "Meotida", young researchers united by their interest in the material culture of the past. Mikhail Belorekov, a first-year master's student at the History Department of the UNN IIRWH, was the initiator of students’ involvement in this project.

During the excavations, they discovered a large number of ceramic artifacts, along with unique individual finds from the 19th–early 20th centuries. Among them was a metal fire insurance plaque, one of those that were attached to a house wall so that the owners could claim compensation even is their house was burnt to ashes.